Hypoglycemic Effect of Selected Plant Species in Diabetic Patients

The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily on the escalating for the past 3 decades, mirroring an increase in the prevalence of obesity and overweight people. In particular, the occurrence of diabetes is growing most rapidly in low and middle income countries. In 2015, worldwide there were 415 million people with diabetes by 2040 are estimated to increase 642 million. There were million cases of diabetes in India in 2015. Even 36.1 percent cases of diabetes in Indian adults who are undiagnosed. Globally in 2015, there were 5.0 million deaths occur due to diabetes means every 6 seconds one person dies from diabetes. There are several medicines available in the market to treat diabetes mellitus but no drug is found to be fully effective and safe. However, plants and plant-derived products have proven to be effective and safe in the treatment of various types of diabetes mellitus. In Indian system of medicine, several medicinal plants have found potential use as blood sugar lowering agents. Many of them have been scientifically explored for their usefulness in managing diabetes, the reports of which have been acknowledged and published in a number of scientific journals. These plants have no side effects and many existing medicines are derived from the plants.